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Reduced osmolarity oral rehydration solution for treating dehydration caused by acute diarrhoea in children

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2002
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Title
Reduced osmolarity oral rehydration solution for treating dehydration caused by acute diarrhoea in children
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2002
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd002847
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Authors

Seokyung Hahn, Yaejean Kim, Paul Garner

Abstract

Oral rehydration solution (ORS) has reduced childhood deaths from diarrhoea in many countries. Recent studies suggest that the currently recommended formulation of ORS recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) may not be optimal, and solutions that contain lower concentrations of sodium and glucose may be more effective. In children with acute diarrhoea, to compare reduced osmolarity glucose-based oral rehydration salt solution with international WHO formulation. The Cochrane Collaboration Trials Register, MEDLINE, and EMBASE were searched. Additional trials were identified by hand searching. Content experts were contacted. Randomised controlled trials comparing reduced osmolarity ORS solution with the WHO formulation. Outcomes sought were unscheduled intravenous fluid infusion therapy and measures of clinical illness. Data were extracted by two reviewers. We tested for heterogeneity using the chi-square statistic, conducted sensitivity analysis by allocation concealment, and the regression approach to assess funnel plot asymmetry from selective trial publication. The primary outcome was reported in 12 trials. In a meta-analysis of nine trials, reduced osmolarity ORS was associated with fewer unscheduled infusions compared with standard WHO ORS (Mantel Haenzel odds ratio 0.61, 95% confidence interval 0.47 to 0.81) with no evidence for heterogeneity between trials. No unscheduled intravenous fluid infusion therapy was required in any participant in three trials. Thirteen trials reported stool output, and data suggested less stool output in the reduced osmolarity ORS group. Vomiting was less frequent in the reduced osmolarity group in the six trials reporting this. Six trials sought hyponatraemia, with events in three studies, but no obvious difference between the two arms. In children admitted to hospital with diarrhoea, reduced osmolarity ORS when compared to WHO ORS is associated with fewer unscheduled intravenous infusions, smaller stool volume post randomisation, and less vomiting. No additional risk of developing hyponatraemia when compared with WHO ORS was detected.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Kenya 2 1%
Bangladesh 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 137 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 22 15%
Researcher 21 15%
Student > Master 17 12%
Student > Postgraduate 12 8%
Other 12 8%
Other 21 15%
Unknown 37 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 69 49%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Social Sciences 3 2%
Other 11 8%
Unknown 43 30%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 January 2021.
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#4,512,969
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Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#6,854
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#12,882
of 123,696 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#13
of 36 outputs
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